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Tuesday September 14, 2010

Toffee's Stunners Deny United!

Everton 3 Manchester United 3

Everton scored twice in stoppage time to snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw at home to Manchester United.
After a turbulent week, Wayne Rooney did not even travel to Goodison Park as manager Sir Alex Ferguson, on the occasion of his 700th Premier League match, said he wanted to protect the 24-year-old from abuse from the fans with whom he used to be a favourite.
The disruption appeared to affect his team-mates early on as they fell behind to a Steven Pienaar goal but Darren Fletcher, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov put United well ahead before the Toffees' stunning late comeback through Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta.

Arsenal 4 Bolton Wanderers 1

Arsenal beat 10-man Bolton Wanderers 4-1 at Emirates Stadium to keep up the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea.
Laurent Koscielny bundled home his first Arsenal goal after 24 minutes, only for the French defender's poor back header to allow Bolton to equalize just before half-time through Johan Elmander.
Marouane Chamakh headed the hosts back in front, with Gary Cahill then sent off for a tackle from behind on the Moroccan.
Alex Song netted Arsenal's 1,000th Premier League goal under manager Arsene Wenger and substitute Carlos Vela stroked in number four with seven minutes left.

Fulham 2 Wolves 1

Moussa Dembele pounced in injury time to give Fulham victory in a contest that saw England striker Bobby Zamora stretchered off.
The impressive Dembele, a £5m summer arrival from AZ Alkmaar, struck his first Premier League goal with a fine equalizer in the 49th minute.
And he also delivered the match-winning free-kick in the dying moments after Wolves' Christophe Berra had been sent off for picking up two yellow cards.

Manchester City 1 Blackburn Rovers 1

Paul Robinson kept Manchester City at bay and left Roberto Mancini's ambitious side having to settle for a point at Eastlands.
Having retired from England duty the goalkeeper is intent on doing his best for Blackburn Rovers and he showed Fabio Capello what he is missing after making a string of superb saves.
The only time he was beaten was in the 55th minute when Patrick Vieira equalized for City after Ivan Kalinic had opened the scoring.
That effort came following a mix-up between England goalkeeper Joe Hart and Kolo Toure.

Newcastle United 0 Blackpool 2

Charlie Adam burst Newcastle's bubble as Blackpool banked another three precious Premier League points on the road.
The midfielder calmly slotted a 45th-minute penalty past keeper Steve Harper and immediately dedicated it to youth team coach Gary Parkinson, who is critically ill in hospital.
Adam then produced the pass from which DJ Campbell sealed the win at the death, but only after keeper Matt Gilks had produced a string of superb saves to deny Newcastle United an equalizer.
Gilks, who had kept out Kevin Nolan's first-half effort, frustrated Joey Barton, substitute Peter Lovenkrands and Andy Carroll as the Magpies staged a committed fightback in front of a crowd of 49,597.
The defeat, Newcastle's first on their own turf in 27 attempts, served as a reminder to the Chris Hughton's men, if they needed one, that their 6-0 victory over Aston Villa in the last fixture at St James' Park, was a start and nothing more.

West Brom 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1

Chris Brunt scored the 50th league goal of his career to rescue a point for West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League match with Tottenham Hotspur at the Hawthorns.
The former Sheffield Wednesday player cancelled out Luka Modric's opener four minutes before the interval.
Harry Redknapp's side dominated the first half with Gareth Bale causing constant problems down the left flank.
But they lacked the killer instinct in front of goal, and appeared to miss the influence of Jermain Defoe who will be out for three months with the ankle injury suffered on England duty.
It was a different story after the break with the Baggies more than matching their north London opponents and they came close on three occasions in the final 10 minutes to snatching a winner.

West Ham United 1 Chelsea 3

Chelsea's 100 per cent start to the new season continued against rock-bottom West Ham United as a brace from Michael Essien and another from Salomon Kalou kept them top of the Premier League.
West Ham midfielder Scott Parker became the first player to score against the Blues this season but his late effort was scant consolation for the home side.
Chelsea's victory over their London rivals piled more pressure on manager Avram Grant, whose side remain rooted to the foot of the table without a single point from their opening four matches and having conceded 12 goals.

Wigan Athletic 1 Sunderland 1

Antolin Alcaraz's late header salvaged a point for Wigan Athletic after debutant Asamoah Gyan had opened the scoring for 10-man Sunderland at the DW Stadium.
The Wearsiders had their captain Lee Cattermole - a former Latics player - sent off in the first half but took the lead in the 66th minute when substitute Gyan converted Jordan Henderson's cross.
The hosts came away with a point though thanks to Alcaraz, whose effort three minutes from time caught Black Cats goalkeeper Simon Mignolet cold.

Birmingham City 0 Liverpool 0

Liverpool were indebted to a superb display from goalkeeper Jose Reina for earning a point from a goalless draw with Birmingham City in their Premier League match at St. Andrew's.
Reina produced excellent reflex saves to keep out point-blank range headers from Cameron Jerome and Craig Gardner.
The home side were also left to regret spurning a hat-trick of clear-cut chances and were the more impressive of the two sides.
But on this evidence new Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has plenty of work to do to make the Merseysiders a force to be reckoned with.
Meanwhile for Birmingham, Barry Ferguson and Gardner bossed the midfield while James McFadden and Cameron Jerome linked well up front.
Reds skipper Steven Gerrard tried to spark his side into life but Fernando Torres still looks short of full sharpness with Scott Dann excellent at the back for Birmingham.